Abstract
Millions of African-American slaves, former slaves, and freeborn men, women, and children lie in unmarked graves throughout the United States. The Colored Masonic Cemetery in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri is a case in point. In this Midwestern cemetery in the Missouri Ozarks, there are only approximately eighty-five individuals that can be positively identified. The lack of tombstones creates a void for professionals in anthropology, history, professional genealogy, and African-American studies. However, through the application of a multidisciplinary framework, an additional seventy-two burials have been revealed.